A Brief History of Time

The true first edition is the UK issue. The copyright page says Published 1988 by Bantam Press, and has no statement of reprints. The ISBN is 0-593-01518-5. The dust jacket is silver and has a price of £14.95 on the bottom of the front flap.

The first state of the U.S. first edition was withdrawn and destroyed; then redesigned and reprinted. A few copies escaped. This first state entirely lacks the table of contents and dedication statement. It has a full number line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page. Its ISBN (0-553-05243-8) is different than the ISBN of second state. The first state dust jacket is silver and has a price of $18.95 on the top of the front flap. The first state of the U.S. first edition and the UK first edition tend to have similar value on the market.

The second state of the U.S. first edition also has a full number line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page. But it has a dedication on the copyright page, and it has a table of contents. The second state ISBN is 0-553-05340-X. It has a blue dust jacket and a price of $18.95 on the top of the front flap. The second state is much less valuable than either the first state U.S. edition or the UK first edition.

A Brief History of Time is classified in the following category: Science

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This is the UK first edition dust jacket.

This is the copyright page from the UK first edition.

This is the dust jacket flap from the UK first edition.

This is the dust jacket back of the UK first edition.

This is the dust jacket from the first state of the U.S. first edition.

This is the copyright page from the first state of the U.S. first edition.

This is the dust jacket from the first state of the U.S. first edition.

This is the dust jacket back of the first state of the U.S. first edition.

This is the second state of the U.S. first edition.

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